The 15-year-old was among several teens who police say climbed onto the roof of the school. Officials say the boy somehow fell down the chimney.

The roof of the school has been under construction for the past year.

A medical examiner will determine an exact cause of death. The investigation is still ongoing.

“We weren’t even aware that students could get over the fence because it’s a high fence, you know a high fence and there’s netting there. It seems to be very secure,” said a teacher who only identified herself as “Bridget.” She told 1010 WINS she knew the boy and described him as “quiet and well-liked.”

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may God grant you peace Nicholas and strength to your family who are no doubt in incredible pain..and to all the ignorant evil aholes on this site with not one shred of compassion or decency to joke or speak terribly of a 15 yr old who has lost his life and his grieving parents this way I say shame on you..I pray Karma comes your way..

Maybe if his mom beat his ass without the police interfering he would still be alive. I had to be in at eight o’lock every night untill I was seventeen and if I came in a minute later I would get my ass whipped and I was seventeen at the time. If his mom put a hand on him she would be arrested for who-knows-what on a minor and would have an arrest record, but, if she did give him a good beating he would still be alive to tell about how strict his mom is and tell his friends that his mom does not let him do the same things that other”teenagers” do.

I guess these child protection laws are very helpfull, instead of getting a beating they are allowed to kill themselves….god idea!!!!

First of all, no one deserves to die & second, maybe you think before posting a comment that not only lacks intelligence, but common sense. This was an accident. You dont blame the parents for anything, they are mourning the loss of a child, something I hope you never have to experience.

Okay first of all steal from a school? Really, are you kidding? You dont know the kid or his story. I knew this kid personally, hes an amazing kid. Stop assuming and get your heads out of your ass. & his friends did call the cops, how do you think he was found? You don’t know the impact this has on his friends and his family. We are all heart broken. And its sad that you guys are sitting here wishing bad things to him and his friends. You guys are a sad excuse for life, you try losing a 15 year old who loved life and everyone in it, who lived everyday like he wanted to. He shouldnt of died. Stop thinking you know everything just by these news reports. Rip Nick, we miss you and love you<3

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.”

Really? A curious 15 year old into mischief deserves to die? You wish them ALL dead?? Were you perfect at 15? Never tempted a little danger? I’m a conservative now too, but we all had our days. Maybe you forget what it’s like to be 15. What about the kid who smashes mail boxes with a bat while driving by? He also deserves to fall from his car and die? NO 15 year old kid deserves to die just because he made a mistake (stealing from the school or not) while having some “fun” with his friends. No, he wasn’t in the right. He WAS breaking the law. He does not deserve to die you idiot.

A real tragedy occurs when death occurs to others because kids are entitled to have some ‘fun’. Like the elderly who die from heat exposure when their AC is stolen for a few dollars of copper. Or the motorist killed going through an intersection unaware cross traffic doesn’t know the stop sign has been stolen.

A FENCE too high? What kind of view of reality comes up with THAT idea? As a child, a friend of mine climbed a light pole at the high school track, and re-oriented the lights. The pole was about 200ft high. Some kids are like monkeys when it comes to climbing.

Meanwhile, his mamma is watching TV, eating cheetos, and wondering if she’ll see ‘her man’ this week.
The first comment was right, here come the lawyers. It’s YOUR fault, Brooklyn, that this kid fell into a chimney, so you get to pay his family for their negligence, raising a snot nosed kid who doesn’t respect any boundaries (like fences). On some planets, they believe in evolution, and would seek out anyone related to this kid and sterilize them. He was probably seeking a way in to commit crime. God knows, and so does little whats his name, may he find peace. Don’t pity fools, it only encourages foolishness.

Let me take a guess at what happened. Since they found him at around 11pm in the evening, I would suggest that the boy may have been attempting to break into the school via the chimney but didnt know there was no exit at the bottom like in storys with Santa Claus. He felt he would go undetected without setting off any alarms by entering this way but as he climbed down the insdie of the chimney,he slipped and fell to the bottom and layed unconcious with no immediate help available. A broken neck would be among many likely causes of death.

I knew this kid, he went to school with my child, and while he should no have been up there he did not deserve to die nor be accused of stealing. They went up their foolishly as naive teenagers who do not realize the dangers of their choices, and for all these sick people on here saying terrible things about a dead boy and his grieving family without knowing them that is what is sick and foolish and evil..shame on you all..Pray karma don’t bite you back and find you in this same position one day..nobody said they are suing in this article and nobody said the kids were trying to rob the school..

YOU PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING AND RIDICULOUS TO EVEN SAY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING A CHILD LOST HIS LIFE REGUARDLESS AND YOU PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE MAKING A MOCHARY OF IT . GET A LIFE YOU LOSERS . BY THE WAY HE DID NOT FALL DOWN A CHIMNEY THIS STORY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT FACTS . THIS IIS NOT SOMETHING TO BE JOKING ABOUT.

” GET A LIFE YOU LOSERS ”
Sounds like advice better given to the teen.

What facts were wrong? Did he fall up the chimney? Or was he performing some humanitarian work? Or was he moonlighting as a human chimney sweep?

Yes it was a young age to die, but would it have been better for the delinquent to have been able to practice and develop his deviant behavior for another 10 or twenty years before getting his just rewards?

All the jokes, but this was someones son, brother, nephew and friend. He probably was up to no good but his momma still has to bury her boy and never have all the answers. At the end of the day he is gone and with him all the memories a family has of him. I did stupid stuff when I was his age and even much older but grew up to be a decent guy. Show a little heart people!

The kid was probably stoned and thought it would be funny to play Santa Claus. We all do dumb things when we are young and unfortunately this kid paid for it with his life. Since this happened in NY, I wouldn’t be surprised if the family sues the school for not having a chimney guard.

How sad. Young people think they’re invincible and immortal. They often take unecessary risks despite knowing the dangers. What were they doing on the roof in the first place? And you don’t just “fall down a chimney” He had to somehow climb in. If his friends saw it happen, why didn’ t they call for help? Because they knew they had no business being up there. This a tragedy and a hard lesson for his friends to learn but perhaps this is the only way they will see that anything can happen and not take risks with their own lives